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Robots at Sellafield have started to remove radioactive sludge from the most hazardous spot on the site.
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RWM begins the search for a site to locate a Geological Disposal Facility
The decommissioning of Dounreay’s oldest nuclear reactor has taken a major step forward with the award of a multi-million pound contract.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has secured savings of almost £1.7 million through the sale of land at Winfrith to a waste processing specialist.
NDA's priorities and progress are outlined in our Strategy, Business Plan, Performance Reports, and Annual Report and Accounts.
Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage Pond has passed an important point in its clean-up journey with the removal of 300 tonnes of solid waste from the legacy pond.
The Business Plan sets out key activities and expected progress for all 17 of the NDA’s nuclear sites over the next 3 years.
David Peattie, CEO of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has today announced that Lawrie Haynes has been appointed Chair Designate of the NDA subsidiary, Magnox Ltd.
In a first for the UK nuclear industry, Magnox has announced that Bradwell Site, in Essex, has entered a safe state known as ‘care and maintenance’.
As Bradwell nuclear site in Essex becomes the first UK nuclear site to reach the "care and maintenance" (C&M) phase of its life, Magnox looks back over the journey that Bradwell has taken since construction began in 1957.
Information for those looking to become a supplier to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
This schedule has been updated according to Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and current business practices.
Financial transactions, including invoices paid, expenses paid to staff, procurement and travel card spend made by NDA in the first months of the current financial year.
The NDA has reached a major milestone in its decommissioning mission with the end of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Thorp.
This paper outlines Credible Options for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) engagement strategy across the NDA Group, considering the current environment around skills and wider issues.
Under the Energy Act 2004, the NDA is required to promote and, where necessary, carry out research to support decommissioning and clean-up.
This document provides a summary of the FY2017/2018 year’s activity in relation to work governed by this group.
NDA seeks applications annually for PhD research proposals related to nuclear decommissioning.
The site’s Thorp plant has completed its 24-year mission to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from around the world.
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A new facility, called Nucleus (the Nuclear and Caithness Archives), has been built in Caithness to manage the nuclear industry's records.
The NDA archive Nucleus has collected another prestigious award after being named the best building in Scotland by one of the industry’s professional bodies.
A record 1,700 visitors enjoyed a day of exhibitions and informal networking at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Event.
The winners of this year’s prestigious NDA Group Supply Chain Awards were announced to a packed audience in Manchester today.
As we approach the end of reprocessing in the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (Thorp), we speak to those who built it.
Hazard reduction at Magnox’s Wylfa Site on Anglesey has reached a significant milestone, with three-quarters of the used nuclear fuel now emptied from its twin reactors.
Tax strategy for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Group.
The Art of Reprocessing will mark the end of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Sellafield’s Thorp plant.
Sellafield Ltd is celebrating the latest group of nuclear trainees to complete apprenticeships.
In the first ‘Green GB Week’ to celebrate clean growth, 2 Magnox sites in North Wales have reached landmark anniversaries.
The companies responsible for decommissioning Dounreay on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have set out proposals to ensure long-term employment for their workforce after the site closes.
Created by the NDA in 2008 with a £5 million investment, the nucleargraduates programme is the most comprehensive graduate scheme the industry has ever seen.
On World Mental Health Day, we're reminding people to talk about the wellbeing of themselves and others.
Sellafield Ltd will fund 50 new apprenticeships a year for small companies in Cumbria.
Northern Powerhouse Minister, Jake Berry, has brought his vision for the North to Cumbria.
A project to drain around a million gallons of water and remove over 10 tonnes of redundant equipment from the largest used fuel storage pond in the Magnox fleet has been completed.
A £9.4 million research programme will link experts from the nuclear industry with UK academics and PhD students to wrestle with some of the challenges in dealing with radioactive waste.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) joins forces with Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to share expertise in nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management.
The safety performance of those working at Sellafield has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Direct Rail Services (DRS) scooped its 4th award of the week with its Class 88 locomotive named "Train of the Year – freight/ mixed traffic" at the prestigious National Rail Awards.
Applications closed open for the 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards on 5 September.
We ensure the safe and efficient clean-up of the UK’s nuclear legacy.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority organisation chart showing senior positions and names, with structure for other functions.
Preparations to pull down the Windscale Pile One chimney are now complete.
Cyber experts of the future were given a unique glimpse inside the world of digital security during a four-day programme designed to encourage young people into the industry.
List of forthcoming procurements from client organisations collaborating in sourcing shared goods and services for nuclear decommissioning.
This document shows the DRP projects that are ongoing or were commissioned during Financial Year 2018 to 2019.
Work to empty the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo has taken a significant step forward.
Specialist divers from the U.S. have completed their mission to haul radioactive waste out of Sizewell A’s nuclear fuel storage ponds nearly two months early.
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, was given an insight into the complexities of the Cumbrian nuclear plant.
Specialist divers have completed their mission to deal with radioactive waste from Sizewell A Site’s nuclear fuel storage ponds, nearly two months ahead of schedule.
This single radioactive waste strategy will apply to all radioactive waste generated within the NDA Group, including materials that may become waste at some point in the future.
The UK Radioactive Waste and Materials Inventory (UK Inventory) provides information on radioactive waste and material produced by a range of industrial sectors.
Bradwell nuclear site in Essex has taken another critical step towards closing its doors later this year as work to safely manage the final remaining radioactive waste stream comes to an end.
Sellafield Ltd employees are first in the UK to complete a brand new scheme in project scope baseline management.
Enterprise director Rebecca Weston represented Sellafield Ltd at the annual Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Stakeholder Summit.
Today marks a milestone in our project to redevelop the old Bus Station in Whitehaven.
Trudy Harrison MP has been joined by nuclear organisations to welcome the official suffrage flag to Cumbria.
Leaders from the nuclear decommissioning industry have spent two days with national and international stakeholders at the second NDA Stakeholder Summit.
The Nuclear Provision is the best estimate of how much it will cost to clean up the UK’s 17 earliest nuclear sites over a programme lasting around 120 years.
Our annual report and accounts 2017/18 reviews a year of progress towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK’s civil nuclear sites.
This report provides a brief overview of socio-economic expenditure by NDA businesses during the financial year 2017/18.
An assessment of the economic impact of the 12 Magnox sites on their local economies.
BEIS Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm speaking at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Stakeholder Summit.
A major breakthrough has been achieved in the Sellafield clean-up programme – and a Cumbrian company has played a key part.
Three members of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee visited the Sellafield site last week.
One of the most daring demolition projects ever undertaken at Sellafield has reached a key point.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced that Magnox Ltd will become a subsidiary of the NDA from 1 September 2019.
Work has begun to remove Sellafield’s most hazardous material.
Roadmaps of collaboration have been signed between the NDA and its French counterparts on civil nuclear decommissioning, clean-up and hazard reduction.
Registration is now open for the 8th Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Event, the largest of its kind in Europe, which will be held in Manchester on 1 November 2018.
Kate Ellis, the NDA's Commercial Director, told hundreds of delegates “It is in all our interests that the supply chain is vibrant and successful"
A project designing stores to hold radioactive waste from 12 Magnox sites has cut the cost of decommissioning the UK’s first generation of nuclear power stations by £45m.
NDA subsidiary Direct Rail Services (DRS) stormed to the rescue when the weekend’s weather chaos left a Virgin Pendolino stranded between Carlisle and Penrith.
This procedure defines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's process when a request for access to personal data is received.
NDA’s HR Director, David Vineall, has joined 8 other new Board members at the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), the statutory skills body for the engineering construction industry in Great Britain.
Financial transactions, including invoices paid, expenses paid to staff, procurement and travel card spend by NDA.
Guests at an event in the Scottish Parliament heard how work to decommission 3 of Scotland's oldest nuclear sites is taking huge strides forward and making a positive lasting impact in communities.
Employees from across the NDA Group have shared their personal stories as part of national campaign to end the stigma associated with mental health issues.
Japanese nuclear industry experts have visited two of the UK’s most challenging decommissioning projects to see the techniques and technologies being used first-hand.
This strategy sets out NDA's equality, diversity and inclusion priorities from 2018 to 2022.
A laser-cutting robotic snake has been put to work on the highly radioactive core of Winfrith's redundant Dragon reactor in Dorset.
The health and safety of people, the protection of the environment, and the security of our employees and assets are paramount.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's equal opportunities, harassment, discrimination and diversity policy.
This procedure defines how requests for information must be handled to ensure NDA complies with legal obligations and requirements.
NDA's publication scheme specifies the categories of information we publish and explains how to access that information.
How we fulfil NDA’s responsibilities under the Energy Act 2004 to ensure knowledge assets are managed to prevent the duplication of effort.
This policy defines the responsibilities of the NDA and its employees, contractors and consultants and ensures that all are aware, not only of the requirements of data protection legislation on the NDA itself, but also their individual responsibilities in this respect.
Our procedure for adhering to the General Data Protection Regulations that provides rights for individuals.
This policy aims to encourage confidence in raising serious concerns and to question and act upon concerns about practices.
This policy does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment and it may be amended at any time.
This policy sets out standards of probity and propriety we expect from those that we contract with to carry out services on behalf of NDA.
NDA’s Quality Policy, including details of the development and implementation of the organisation’s quality management system.
This document sets out NDA’s requirements for Internal Audit within a Site Licence Company (SLC).
Magnox is committed to providing and enabling socio-economic support for the communities in which it operates.
Outline of stages: initiation of mini-tenders, assessment of proposals, project progress monitoring, and assessment of contractor output.
NDA Chief Executive David Peattie has announced that Lorraine Baldry OBE will become the new Chair of the NDA subsidiary, Sellafield Ltd, on 1 May 2018.
Our work is as diverse as it is challenging.
Magnox has published its decommissioning highlights from the last financial year.
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